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Gardening, Compost and Small Farms
Its a long slow process of putting the garden to bed, still got very slow growing green covers in places, some things are still giving to the kitchen, was able to bring in sage and different kinds of mints for … Continue reading
Fall update on Hugelbeets and how well they produced in year one.
This spring we made three hugelbeets, two on our own place, and one at a friends of ours, I figure its time to show the results, the issue with the results is that they just look like overrun mounds covered … Continue reading
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Fruits of our Labor
Doing the grape and elderberry dance… do, do, da, dada, shake those hips..twirl, swirl and hip bump.. we won’t be making wine but will be canning lots and lots of pints of wonderful juice and will be making some amazing … Continue reading
Strawberries
Ah, Strawberries, those ripe sweet juicy red non-fruits that we all think of as a fruit. I have a lot of strawberries in my soft fruit garden, I have two kinds of strawberries my June producers, that give me one … Continue reading
Free Form Raised Beds
The above soil had a green cover, I didn’t take a picture of it, it had been allowed to grow in the fall, and then was turned in, along with the layer of about 2 inches of aged compost made … Continue reading
Soil-Texture test.
Do you want to grow your own food? There are four major factors when you garden outside, Soil, Water, Sunlight and Plants, everything else is gravy, and if you have ever looked in one of our local garden magazines or … Continue reading
Hugelbeet -Part one
A Hugelbeet is how you go about using up scraps on a farm and turn it into something that is productive.. Last year, in the very bad winter storm, we have the power company cut down a number of bigger limbs, … Continue reading
In support of local seed savers.
http://www.seeds.ca/ev/events.php Do any of you go to your local Seedy Events? The above link will help you find them in your area if you are unaware of where to start looking. Its so great to get the pulse of the … Continue reading
Hertitage Harvest Seed Catalog
Hello Folks I just have to send a bit of praise out for one of the little seed catalogs that has come in over the past while, I am not related or get anything back for writing about them, I … Continue reading
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Manure hot beds for plants
This is a very old fashioned Idea, and I have read about it in both books from England and France, I am sure that its done in a number of other countries as well but it does not seem to … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 